page_title: Lists of African Americans
section_title: Civil rights leaders and activists
hierarchical_section_title: Lists of African Americans / Civil rights leaders and activists
caption_attribution_description: English: C.T. Vivian addressing the annual convention of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in Atlanta, September 27, 2015.
context_page_description: This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans. African Americans an ethnic group and citizens of the United States who have full or partial ancestry of any black racial groups of Africa; Black and African Americans form the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States, behind White Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans. African Americans are descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is African-American.
caption: C. T. Vivian
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